Twine-holder



(No Model.)

W. H. DUSTIN. TWINE HOLDER.

No. 543,857. Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. DUSTIN, OF LAWRENCEBURG, TENNESSEE.

TWlNE-HOLDER.

j PECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 543,857, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed April 27, 1895- Serial No. 547,296. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that LWILLIAM H. DUsTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrenceburg, in the county of Lawrence and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine-Holders and other Analogous Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to twine-holders or other analogous devices; and it consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved twine-holder applied to a counter. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the twine-holder applied to a ceiling. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of construction ofthe twine-holder; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stittening U-shaped spring formed with a complete and an incomplete journal end.

A in the drawings represents a counter, ceiling, or other support, to which the twineholder may be secured, and B the twine-holder or other analagous device, which consists in igures 1 and 2 of two vertical attaching-legs C C, constructed of iiat pieces of sheet metal or other suitable material bent at their lower ends, an outwardly-extending horizontal attaching-flange, by which the twine-holder is secured to the counter, ceiling, wall, or other support by screws or otherwise, and formed at their upper ends with inwardly-extending journals d d. These journals are formed by making lateral insertions d d into the vertical legs C C about one inch from their respective upper ends, and crimping or forming the portion of the metal between the insertions and the ends of the legs into tubes.

D represents a flat piece of metal bent into approximately U shape and having a spring action.j This U-shaped piece of metal thus constructed is placed Within the two legs C C and extends downwardly a considerable distance between said legs, parallel therewith, its

horizontal portion extending between the vertical legs parallel with the counter or other support.v The upper ends of the U-shaped pieces are riveted or otherwise secured to the.

upright legs C, and by reason of the inherent properties of the U -shaped metal piece stiiten the vertical legs and impart a spring action to the same, so that when the upper ends of the vertical legs, which are attached to the U- shaped piece, are drawn outward to' remove or insert a spool the tendency of the vertical legs will be to return to their normal vertical position, this tendency being greatly increased by the U-shaped spring-piece, which may be provided with an aperture d3, through which the twine may be pressed and guided.

In Fig. ai. I have shown a modified form of construction of the twine-holder. In this illustration of my invention the Vertical legs and the U-shaped pieces are formed in one piece, as shown. Instead of forming the journal ends on the vertical legs out of the metal of said legs short tubular or solid journal ends are passed through the upper ends of the uprights, and U-shaped pieces (which, as stated,

are homogeneous in this construction) are secured by riveting or otherwise.

From the aforegoing description it will be seen that by my construction I secure a very simple, cheap, and practical spring-acting twine-holder, which admits of the ready and convenient insertion and removal of a spool of twine.

I do not wish to confine my invention to twine-holders, as it can be successfully used for reeling and unreeling any other material other than twine.

It will be observed, by constructing the holder with vertical yielding attaching-legs, which are free at their upper ends and secured at their lower ends, and having a U- shaped spring-piece which extends down between the same about twothirds of their length in a parallel direction and horizontally entirely across the holder and connected with the side pieces, that the vertical side pieces are stittened at their upper journal ends, so that they will hold a spool very firmly, and, the lower ends of the legs being secured, the horizontal-spring connecting-piece will bow up when the vertical side pieces are drawn out to insert a spool, and after a spool is ap- IOO plied will draw both of the Vertical side pieces back to their normal position with considerable pressure.

Having now described my invention, what I 5 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a twine holder or other analogous device coinprising in its construction two Vertical yield xo ing attaching legs which are free at their upper ends and, when the holder is in position, are secured at their lower ends, and a U- shaped spring piece extended down between the legs about two thirds their length parallel 15 therewith and horizontally across the entire WILLIAM Il. DUSTIN. Witnesses:

JAS. A. SIMMS, J As. K. WARNER. 

